Camp Beauregard

Historical marker location:

253 Airways Blvd., Jackson, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Hollywood Drive and Airways Blvd., on the left when traveling north on Hollywood Drive.)

The first known protest against British taxation in America occurred in Tennessee in 1768, more than a decade before the famous Boston Tea Party. A group of settlers in the Watauga Association signed a petition protesting the British government's attempt to impose taxes on them without their consent.